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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-2

Human blood or its components may only be collected for therapeutic use by the Etablissement Français du Sang mentioned in Chapter II of this Title and by the Armed Forces Blood Transfusion Centre, ap…

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Chapter I: Removal from a living person.

Article L1231-2

No organs may be removed for donation from a living minor or from a living adult who is the subject of a legal protection measure with representation of the person.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety

Article L1313-2

The Agency shall have access, at its request and under conditions which preserve the confidentiality of the data with regard to third parties, to the information necessary for the performance of its d…

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Chapter III: Gametes.

Article L1273-2

As stated in Article 511-9 of the French Penal Code, reproduced below: "Obtaining gametes in return for payment, in whatever form, with the exception of payment for services provided by establishments…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Levy and collection.

Article L1241-2

No tissues or cells may be removed, and no human body products may be collected for donation, from a living minor or from a living adult who is the subject of a legal protection measure with represent…

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Chapter II: Authorisation of establishments taking samples.

Article L1242-2

No fee-for-service remuneration may be received by practitioners carrying out tissue and cell retrieval with a view to donation for this activity.

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Chapter III: Establishments authorised to remove organs.

Article L1233-2

Practitioners carrying out organ removal for donation may not receive any fee-for-service remuneration for this activity.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Medical applications

Article L1333-20

All advertising relating to the use of ionising radiation in human or veterinary medicine is prohibited, except to doctors, veterinary surgeons and pharmacists. Marketing authorisation for proprietary…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Reducing public exposure to radon

Article L1333-22

Owners or operators of certain categories of built property located in areas with radon potential where exposure to radon is likely to be harmful to health must monitor this exposure. Above certain le…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Swimming pools and bathing areas.

Article L1332-2

…the purposes of this chapter, a bathing water is defined as any part of surface water in which the local authority expects a large number of people to bathe and in which the competent authority has n…

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